Quote of the week
"I look at their prices and shake my head. When the parents are out shopping at stores where there is 60 to 70 percent off and kids want to pay full retail, parents say, 'Sorry, those days are over.' "
Britt Beemer of America's Research Group, a
Last week's top stories
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Others are
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